For my card, I chose to use my Blender Pens to 'colour in' the butterflies. This cute little butterfly is taken from the Grateful Bunch Photopolymer Stamp Set and I love it - it reminds me of the large Swallowtail stamp that retired earlier this year.

Although the stamps are photopolymer and clear, to line the butterflies up perfectly, I decided to use my Stamp-a-ma-jig. It's taken me a while to get to grips with it, but now I find it really useful for designs like this!

The happy birthday sentiment on the front of the card is taken from the Baby Bear stamp set and has been punched out using the Classic Label punch.

I used my Blender Pens to pick up some Blushing Bride and Smoky Slate ink from my ink pads. I 'coloured in' all of the butterflies using these colours before adding a sparklyear finish of Wink of Stella to them.

Top tip - Blender pens are really great and can be used when you don't have the Stampin' Write Marker in the colour you want. You do at the very minimum need to have either the ink pad, or the refill in the colour you want to use.


To complete the card, I stamped the sentiment Happy Birthday on the Whisper White inside layer - this sentiment is taken from the Cottage Greetings stamp set.

I've been lacking in inspiration recently and as soon as I saw this sketch that my friend Sarah Berry created, loads of ideas started coming into my mind. In fact, I'll probably make another card using this sketch.

This is the first sketch that Sarah has published so head on over to Sarah's blog and checkout what you need to do to join in!

I love this butterfly from the Grateful Bunch photopolymer stamp and I have been waiting for the perfect opportunity for it to be the main feature in one of my projects.

I've simply cut four squares of Shimmery White cardstock and used my Stamp-A-Ma-Jig to position the butterfly perfectly in the centre. I stamped two butterflies in Elegant Eggplant and two butterflies in Perfect Plum and coordinated the layer to match the colour of the ink.

I used a two-part sentiment from the Floral Phrases Clear Mount Stamp Set for the front and inside of the card. I love the words and the fonts in this sentiment, they suit this card perfectly.

I hope you enjoyed looking at my project today and thanks for stopping by!

Grateful Bunch Photopolymer Stamp Set - 140691